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Tech companies get into the weirdest power games with their users. I get an email notification I can’t turn off. It’s completely useless, and so useless I’m going to redirect all of this company’s emails to a spam email account. This email is actively reducing our interactions and engagement.
But they won’t turn it off.
Why?
A bunch of website issues caused by Dreamhost should be fixed now. Going to take a little bit to upload today but shouldn’t be long.
Start now. Tomorrow will come no matter what you want. You will be here, and you can be here with the task started already or not.
The Bloodharvest Kindle ebook is going to be free August 1st and 2nd.
If you download it, please comment or leave some stars.
Manipulating the website burns writing energy.
The Drive ran a story on Aston Martin’s DB12. Then they changed it.
The hook to the story originally was that the car made the reviewer sick. This happened to numerous reviewers and has been attributed to improper curing. The title led with that. But they changed it and buried references to the sickness.
From the comments, the Venn diagram of The Drive readers and Aston Martin buyers are almost distinct circles, so I’m not sure what sales AM was chasing. However I bet the reviewers REALLY want continued access to AM cars, and they don’t get it if they’re not nice. Maybe add two grains of salt when you read a Drive review going forward.
After careful consideration, I’m going to bed.
Sitting and watching fireworks out my back door. Good way to end an evening.
Happy Fourth of July.
Barely a month into the new apartment, and I’m already over half-way moved in!
I can walk from one end of the main room to another without tripping over a single box of…stuff. Provided I stay on the path.
And don’t open a box.
Because seriously, what kind of crap do I have in here? What is this? When did I get it? Why did I get it? What is it?
I have no idea.
But I’m ahead of schedule.
…
I need a couch.
Spent too much time yesterday working backend stuff. Figured I had to have updated. Woops!
I’ll probably collect TiH into book form by year. Right now, it’s a little under 50k words, which is a very short book. I love short books, but they’re expensive on my end. Imagine 100k vs 2 x 50k. Editing is about the same, but obviously the two short ones require twice as much in cover design. Interior layout isn’t quite doubled, but it is more than the long book because I’ve got two sections of front matter, tables of contents, etc. I kinda want to do a glossary and maps, so they’re in too. Ultimately, the short books are more expensive.
Kickstarter could help, but I’d like to do a few independently first. A lot of Kickstarter problems seem to be people in way over their heads. BH and Mara are both out, but they were very much learning books. A few system books to show I have a rhythm down would be good.
A few of my people may have left the industry. That’s always a big difficulty.
Anyway, the PhD proceeds. I should graduate before Kog induces the Fall of Man and goes west to meet the elves. (Final climax, Kog and Finarfin vs Morgoth. It’s been fanfiction all along!) Artificial intelligence is dumb. Circuits are circuitous. Waveforms have been formed. And yes, spellcheck, waveforms is one word!